Nose-guard.



No. 895,932. PATENTBD AUG. 11, 1908.

' L. F. ADT.

NOSE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED-DEG.8, 1906.

lvwwtoz Sfwwr UNITED STATES LEO F. ADT, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

N OSE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 8, 1906.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908. Serial No. 346,886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO F. ADT, of Albany, in the county of Albany and State'of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N ose-Guards and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and ii to the reference numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved nose guard or grip for eyeglasses which shall be cheap in construction, being manufactured from flat stock and also capable of the various adjustments which may be required to adapt the guard to the facial characteristics of diiferent persons, all as will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.-

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a nose guard constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the blank from which it is made. perspective view of a modified form, and Fig. 4 is a view of its blank. Fig. 5 is a view of amodification.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

It is desirable that nose guards for eyeglasses embody a lower holding or supporting part or pad adapted to rest upon the bony portion of the wearers nose, and an upper steadying and gripping part or pad for en gaging the softer parts of the flesh between the eyes, and owing to the differences in the facial characteristics of different persons, these parts of the guard should be capable of ready adjustment or rearrangement within comparatively wide limits without unduly straining the material and without the necessity of bending the flat metal of which they are preferably composed, edgewise, these desirable features are attained in ahigh degree in the present guards.

In the form of guard shown in Fig. 1, the shank or supporting arm 1 is arranged with its flat sides extending in a horizontal plane, being preferably provided with a verticallyextending attaching lug 2 at one end adapted to enter the ordinary vertical stud or box of eyeglasses, and at the opposite end of this b arm are located the lower and upper bearing pads or portions 4 and 3 respectively, the former in the present construction being bent downwardly from the inner side Fig. 3isa 0f the arm, l

flatwise of the metal while the corresponding pad or portion 4 is arranged above it but connected to the arm by a small, horizontal loop 5 which in this form is extended from the end of the arm 1, then bent over and the pad 4 bent upwardly from it. The pads 3 and '4 may be plain, corrugated or perforated as shown so as to obtain a firm grasp on the ssh, and as will appear from inspection, they may be bent or curved to exactly conform to the wearers nose or the upper one moved slightly toward or from the attaching arm by reason of the loop or bend 5, and this by manipulation with the fingers only. As the metal is somewhat resilient, the loop affords additional spring action to the upper pad which is desirable, as this part is more particularly for steadying the mounting.

The blank from which the guard is formed is shown in Fig. 2, and the two pads extend from the same side of the arm and the material between them is suflicient to form the loop 5.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the supporting arm 11 is flat and the lower pad or bearing portion 33 extends downwardly from its inner edge, the upper pad 44 being arranged above it and joined to the rear edge of the arm 1 by the narrower looped portion 55 which permits the relative positions of the pads to be changed by opening or closing the loop, moving the upper pad forward or rearward of the plane of the lower or slightly twisting or inclining the said upper pad as may be desired, the loop also affording a resilient support. While the arm 11 shown in this figure may be attached rigidly to the lenses or studs of the mounting, it is also capable of serving as a finger piece, being pivoted to the bridge as in some of my prior applications, and if desired, the arm 1 of the guard shown in Fig. 1 could be used in this manner.

The blank from which the mounting shown in Fig. 3 is made is shown in Fig. 4 from which it will be seen that a single flat stamping readily bent by hands or by hand tools is all that is required.

While I prefer to make the guard and its supporting arm of ing and the supporting arm made separately and soldered to it below the small loop as shown in Fig. 5, and this might be desirable when the supporting arm is required to be of heavier material as when it serves as a lever for moving the guards on the mounting.

The guards described are simple and cheap in construction, readily adjusted and are found in practice to be admirably adapted for the purpose.

The provision of the flat arm (I and II) which extends horizontally from the attaching portion of the guard rearwardly is particularly desirable as it enables the guard as a whole to be adjusted vertically by bending this arm toward the flat sides of the metal, and this materially increases the adjustability of the device to suit the requirements of all users as the bearing portions may be bodily elevated or depressed without straining the metal.

I claim as my invention:

1. A nose guard composed of flat material embodying the supporting arm, a bearing pad extending vertically from one edge thereof, a second vertical bearing pad corresponding to and extending in the opposite direction from the former and connected to the arm by a flat loop permitting its independent adjustment.

2. A nose guard constructed of flat material embodying the supporting arm, a-bearing pad extending vertically from one edge thereof, a second vertical bearing pad corresponding to and extending in the o posite direction from the former, said pad eing supported upon a loop formed by bending the material of the arm transversely of the plane of the arm and then horizontally to the lower portion of the pad.

3. A nose guard composed of flat material embodying the supporting arm, a bearing pad extending downwardly from one edge thereof, a second bearing pad corresponding to'and extending upwardly from the arm, and a loop between the upper pad and the arm formed by bending the material of the arm toward one of'its flat sides.

4. A nose guard composed of flat material embodying a supporting arm having a flat horizontal rear portion, a bearing pad extending downwardly from one edge of said ortion, the material of the arm being extended beyond said pad, then bent over to form a loop and an upper bearing pad extending from the side of said loop.

5. A nose guard embodying a supporting arm of fiat material, a lower bearing pad extending directly from the edge of the arm, an

adjustable loop formed on the arm and an I upwardly-extending bearing pad carried thereby.

l 6. A nose guard having a flat horizontallyl extending shank provided with the verticallyextending attaching portion at one end, and l relatively adjustable bearing pads at the other end connected therewith by separate bends.

7. A nose guard composed-of flat material having a horizontally extending arm, a vertically extending attaching end, and bearing pads at the opposite end of the arm, extending above and below the plane of the arm and connected thereto by bends flatwise of the material.

8. A nose guard for eyeglasses embodying a supporting arm composed of flat material with its flat sides extending horizontally, a pair of nose bearing pads, and vertical bends connecting the pads with the arm.

9. A nose guard formed blank of flat material and comprising an arm with the flat sides horizontal, a nose bearing pad extending vertically from one edge of the arm, a forwardly opening from the rear end of the arm, extending nose bearing pad proceeding from the loop.

10. A nose guard composed of flat material having an attaching end, a supporting arm having its flat sides extending an upwardly extending nose bearing pad and a bend flatwise of the material, connecting the pad and the supporting arm.

11. A nose guard-comprising end, a rearwardly nose pad depending from said arm, an upper nose pad, and a horizontal loop connecting the upper pad to the arm and arranged below the nose bearing portion of the latter.

12. A nose guard comprising the attachin end, a supporting arm-formed of flat materia arranged with its flat faces horizontal, a flat horizontal loop at the end of the supporting arm, and an upper nose bearing pad extending upward from 13. A nose guard comprising a supporting arm, a forwardly opening horizontal loop on the arm formed by vertical bends in the flat material, and a nose bearing upwardly from the loop.

14. A nose guard comprising a lower nose bearing pad, an upper nose bearing pad and a forwardly opening loop supporting the upper pad for movement independently of the lower pad.

LEO F. ADT.

the loop.

l/Vitnesses EDWARD MURPHY, 2]). WILLIAM M. KEENAN.

horizontally,

the attaching v extending arm, a lower from a single 3 loop proceeding and a vertically pad extending N 

